I agree with Hal.If it's not seated properly then the os won't recognize
it. CC cleaner is quite good also. Used it on all my win systems and free
also though you can donate.
Stephen

On 17 November 2014 22:50, Hal Seabolt <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Ken,
> Your laptop is able to use 8
> gig of memory, if it isn't
> seen try reseating it,
> sometimes it seems to be fully
> seated but may not be.
> I suggest you download and run
> the free CCleaner from
> Piriform  and their Defraggler
> which I have found to be far
> superior to MS's defrag.
> Feel free to Email me if I can
> be of help.
>  Hal Seabolt
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> .ORG] On Behalf Of Ken Shearer
> Sent: Sunday, November 16,
> 2014 12:31 PM
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> Subject: [PCBUILD] Memory not
> recognized
>
> My wife has a 64-bit Windows
> 7-based Dell Inspiron N5050,
> which came with 4 GB of RAM.
> She has complained that it has
> been running more and more
> slowly, so I decided to add
> another memory card. I got it
> directly from Dell since I've
> had issues with third-party
> RAM before on my own machine.
> I installed it per the
> directions in the user manual,
> but when I next started the
> computer and looked at the
> System Information display, I
> saw that it still only shows a
> total of 4 GB of RAM even
> though a total of 8 GB is
> physically installed in the
> machine at this point.
>
>
>
> Is there something I should be
> doing to "activate" the other
> 4 GB of RAM?
>
>
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
> Ken
>
>
>
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You look a little burned out my friend. I guess it must be up to me.

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